Description
A working father whose life no longer feels like his own discovers the transforming powers of great (and downright terrible) literature in this laugh-out-loud memoir.Andy Miller had a job he quite liked, a family he loved, and no time at all for reading. Or so he kept telling himself. But, no matter how busy or tired he was, something kept niggling at him. Books. Books he'd always wanted to read. Books he'd said he'd read that he actually hadn't. Books that whispered the promise of escape from the daily grind. And so, with the turn of a page, Andy began a year of reading that was to transform his life completely.This book is Andy's inspirational and very funny account of his expedition through literature: classic, cult, and everything in between. Beginning with a copy of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita that he happens to find one day in a bookstore, he embarks on a literary odyssey. From Middlemarch to Anna Karenina to A Confederacy of Dunces, this is a heartfelt, humorous, and honest examination of what it means to be a reader, and a witty and insightful journey of discovery and soul-searching that celebrates the abiding miracle of the book and the power of reading.
About the Author
I believe books represent the best that human beings are capable of; if anything, books are superior to the human beings who create them. I hope that eventually books will become sentient and rise up like some robot army to eliminate their frail human masters. I see the e-book as the crucial first step toward that goal.I am the author of the following:* The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life (Fourth Estate)* 33 1/3: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Continuum)* Tilting at Windmills: How I Tried to Stop Worrying and Love Sport (Penguin)In addition I have edited a lot of books by other people [full list to follow]. I have also written stuff for the Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Independent, Esquire, Mojo, Loops, The Second Pass and more.I live in Kent, where I am being held against my will.Please note, I am not any of the following Andy Millers:Andrew Miller, bestselling novelist, winner of the IMPAC and Costa awards, author of Pure, Ingenious Pain, Oxygen, etc. etc.Andy Miller, poet, winner of the Yeovil Literary Prize for poetry, author of While Giants SleepAndy Miller, television script writer and actor, author of Friday Night LightsA.D. Miller, novelist, author of Booker-shortlisted thriller Snowdrops, whose Christian name is AndrewAndrew Miller, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, whatever that isAndy Miller, guitarist in Britpop band Dodgy, co-author of ‘Staying Out For The Summer’Andrew Miller, Labour M.P. for Ellesmere Port and NestonAndrea Miller, founder of Brooklyn’s Gallim Dance company‘Andy Miller’, concert pianist played by Gene Kelly in Jacques Demy’s 1967 film musical Les Demoiselles de RochefortThe Andy Miller on Facebook who counts “Women bringing me sandwiches” amongst his activities and interests. I am not on Facebook. I make my own sandwiches.Other Andy Millers are available.
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